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I love the concept of having to signal to animals in different ways.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1205199,"author_name":"Anna Tateson","author_uid":"anna-tateson","epoch":1776866648,"text":"I didn't manage to save a single vessel, and I got stuck under the level at one point, but I had a great time and loved the little narwhal","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1205239,"author_name":"N.O.X","author_uid":"n-o-x","epoch":1776867191,"text":"I wasn't expecting to play a narwhal in space today... I think you should make the most of your sense of humour, I can see you've got potential in that area!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213603,"author_name":"Aster24","author_uid":"aster24","epoch":1777084571,"text":"@dan-whiffing glad you enjoyed it! We definitely should've been a bit more clear with the directions and feedback haha","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213609,"author_name":"Aster24","author_uid":"aster24","epoch":1777084732,"text":"@pegasys Thanks for the feedback! We definitely could've worked out some better controls and directions, but I'm glad you enjoyed the other aspects :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213613,"author_name":"Aster24","author_uid":"aster24","epoch":1777084889,"text":"@anna-tateson haha I'm glad you had fun despite the difficulties! I didn't even think you could get below the level! Clearly I need to do more testing :)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213617,"author_name":"Aster24","author_uid":"aster24","epoch":1777084946,"text":"@n-o-x @shanzpro I'm very glad y'all had fun, thanks so much for giving it a play!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213686,"author_name":"ChelDav","author_uid":"cheldav","epoch":1777091779,"text":"I had a blast even though I couldn't figure out how to successfully dock any of the ships. I really liked the audio, it set an enjoyable mood, and the moth ships were gorgeous! Also got a good laugh about a narwhal in space, lol. I love the creativity of having moths dock in webs and sharks at beaches, and honestly the whole game felt really good to play- EVEN without fully understanding what I was supposed to do. I'd definitely recommend making the controls a little more manageable (I didn't grow up a gamer, so I don't have the muscle memory a lot of gamers have, so the whole using letter keys and whatnot threw me for a loop), at least for gaming noobs like me. Good feeling game, just needs more fool-proof instructions or maybe even a mini tutorial.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1214254,"author_name":"ditam","author_uid":"ditam","epoch":1777120011,"text":"What a cute concept - I only glanced at the description before starting, so I was expecting a mostly regular narwhal to guide ships in a harbour, but then the beautiful cacophony of space-moths docking in space-cobwebs and space-sharks landing in gravitationally bound sideways pools started... fun game! Loved the creativity and the bold visuals.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1218170,"author_name":"VenomousMouse","author_uid":"venomousmouse","epoch":1777371162,"text":"Very cute game with great puzzle in mind. 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It probably should have a bit more feedback though, from an explosion sprite to variable text on the score screen.\n\nOn a related note, the mostly transparent background made most of the text difficult to read.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld59\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/zakuuu.itch.io\/narwhal","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"73618","g_author":"1425289","g_event":"LD59","g_eventkey":"113","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"311554","g_title":"Space Narwhal's Impeccable Directions","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"728","g_commentcount":"14","g_site2_node_id":"430467","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"430467","n_urlkey":"311554","n_parent":"424249","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/space-narwhals-impeccable-directions","n_slug":"space-narwhals-impeccable-direct","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"425289","n_created":"1776709189","n_modified":"1779104918","n_version":"1363940","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":425289,"body":"Space Narwhal has a job to do - marshal the incoming ships and guide them to dock. 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